Well a lot of people have been telling me evolution is real. They give me the most craziest surreal 'facts'. Has anyone discovered any fish with legs? Any humans with gills or fins? If you put all the pieces of a watch into you're pocket and shake it around for trillions of years, will it ever become a watch? Is there but one possibility? Or if you completely dismantle a chicken and a fish, and put it into a box, shaking it around for trillions of years. Will it ever become a fish with wings? or a chicken with fins? :l
Ands the video was just talking about how things die out what does that have ANYTHING to do with our discussion?
9th foundational falsehood of Creationism, a fallacy you were bringing up that Kasic decided to bring up.
Tiger, the first link shows more than just the Cichlid fish, there are thirty parts to that page explaining the many parts of Evolution present.
How is the second link a "bunch of crap"? The ActionBioscience article is explaining the different principles of Evolution--genetic variation, natural selection, bottlenecking, etc. Why call it a bunch of crap? Did you even read all of this and attempt to understand the words on the page? What do you not understand about it? We can explain the principles further if you would just ask.
ok we have created RNA molecules in a lab that evolved and adapted based on environmental stimuli and fulfilled the criterion for life! that is essentially proof that evolution CAN occur. (side note, since these are only RNA molecules they are not technically life)
Well that would also cover abiogenesis. But we have far more example than that to work with. We have observed the evolution of many preexisting lifeforms as well.
Storm Wolf is right how can we prove evolution... Answer is WE CAN'T get it through your thick heads.
You mean other than actually see it happen as has been pointed out already which you are clearly ignoring?
SCIENCE has even proven evolution to only be a theory with a bunch of question we can't answer.
Actually evolution is both a fact and a theory. Your wording also seem to be misleading as to what a theory is as well.
Fact; An objective, verifiable observation. They can be, and have been, verified many times.
Which we have done with evolution.
Theory; A scientific explanation of related observations or events based on hypotheses and verified multiple times by different independent researchers.
Since evolution explains the related observations we have made it is also a theory.
Darwin even says in HIS OWN WRITING that his theory had many holes to it.
Yep and you really think we have made no progress in our understanding of the theory in the past 150 since his time? But on a side note the theory isn't actually Darwin's. What Darwin discovered was the mechanism by which evolution works, Natural Selection.
"Where is the evidence of creation?" it is every where look around you go outside and look at ants and animals that the small animals that live in your back yard.
Stuff existing isn't evidence for creation.
Go on Google and look up Lamimin and look at it for a while and not just a glance but see the shape of the tiny thing that holds all of our bodies together at this very instant of each and every one of our lives.
I take it you mean how it looks like a cross. Sorry but the real thing really doesn't look tat way, that's just our own man made representation of it. This is also why it's a bad idea to get your information on biology from creationist sites, they are very deceitful and will flat out lie to you.
Anyway here is an image of the real thing compared to our representation of it.
If everything happens by chance then why do we sit at our computers every day? just for entertainment or just to do it. Why do we (When I mean we I mean people who have jobs and families) work just to do it or to make income to feed families? Please respond on my page and we will talk more.
What does that have to do with evolution?
Show me the proof then send me a link of a picture of a half dinosaur and half bird.
Technically birds are dinosaurs. So in a way what you are asking is akin to asking us to show you a half dog half Golden Retriever.
But anyway we do have examples of intermediates between the birds current form and what we think of as dinosaurs.
I am growing weary of the lack of understanding many posters here have of the theory of evolution. Genetic mutations occur incrementally over thousands or millions of years; hence, the discovery of a "half dinosaur and half bird" (by which I assume is meant bird-dinosaur pastiche like Frankenstein's monster) would actually disprove the theory of evolution in its present form. However, we know of several dinosaur species with avian characteristics such as Archaeopteryx, which could be pejoratively described as "half dinosaur and half bird." My point is that a distressing amount of people seem to think that evolution takes place on a human timescale and can be consciously controlled by the organism evolving. Though, admittedly, bacterial strains can evolve very quickly, such rapid evolution is impossible in macroorganisms. In conclusion, I would strongly suggest that any posters on this thread take the time to familiarize themselves with the modern theory of evolution.
Though, admittedly, bacterial strains can evolve very quickly, such rapid evolution is impossible in macroorganisms.
Well for the most pat yes, though we do have the example of the Italian wall lizard which evolved a completely new digestive system in (I think) 50 years time. So it is possible for drastic changes to occur in macroscopic organisms in a much shorter period of time than we first though, but it required a drastic change in it's environment to do this as well.
I would strongly suggest that any posters on this thread take the time to familiarize themselves with the modern theory of evolution.
That might be the problem, they aren't doing this. They aren't even bothering to look at what the theory actually states even when the information is shoved right in there faces as it has been here more than once. It's simply being ignored in favor of some bs they read on a creationist site.
Perhaps that is because creationism is a religious belief and doesn't require facts. If a creationist reads a theory that is in direct opposition to their beliefs, they're not going to agree with it as that would be questioning their faith.
It's really easy just to say 'God did it' rather than look any deeper.
This was a script I was working on to become a YouTube video that I have yet to get around to making. But it might be of help for those of you who are creationists wishing to disprove evolution and support your own claims.
So you want to argue for creationism?
Well here's a helpful guide for doing just that.
Don't hurt your credibility, know what your talking about. When arguing creation over evolution argue points evolution actually makes. When you try to discredit evolution by saying it doesn't adequately explain how the universe or life began, your only making yourself look like you have no idea what your talking about. Hurting your opposition. While creation does make a blanket statement covering both the Big Bang and abiogenesis arguing against these points isn't arguing against evolution. Nor does it give validity to creation over evolution since you didn't make points that are covered by evolution.
To help, here is the definition of what evolution is. "Evolution is a process that results in heritable changes in a population spread over many generations. In fact, evolution can be precisely defined as any change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next." So next time you want to say "evolution doesn't make sense because" you can actually insert the actual definition of evolution and argue from that point, rather than one that does not actually define evolution.
Don't treat evolution as just being a belief. Evolutionism is an archaic inaccurate term, often used to try and make the theory of evolution seem as if it's entirely based on belief with no supporting evidence. Not only does using this term hurt your credibility it also makes you look ignorant of what a scientific theory is and what the process is leading to one. Saying "evolution is just a theory" does this as well. Above all never combine them in the same sentence like this "evolutionism is only a theory" If you do you make yourself look like you belong in the back of the short bus.
Don't just discredit, offer evidence. While it's all fine and dandy that you try and discredit the theory of evolution if you want creationism to stand in it's place you have to provide evidence for it's validity. Even if you do manage to disprove evolution beyond a shadow of a doubt you sill haven't elevated creation to being the valid explanation. Yet again this is offering evidence for creation rather then evolution not evidence for creation rather then the Big Bang or abiogenesis. So even if you do manage to insert creation over these two theories you still haven't touched the theory of evolution. Just looking around and noting that things exist does is not supporting evidence for creation. All this does is show that things exist, not how they came into existence.
When you say evolution is false and creation is correct you are saying change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next doesn't happen, these things are done by a creator and not allele frequency change over generations. To offer evidence you have to show an example of this happening. If you can do this you not only manage to discredit evolution but elevated creation in it's place.
This was a script I was working on to become a YouTube video that I have yet to get around to making. But it might be of help for those of you who are creationists wishing to disprove evolution and support your own claims.
Learn what evolution actually IS before trying to debate a side on an argument. There is nothing in evolution even relating to a 'half dinosaur half bird'.
I think somewhere in the video Mage linked, it clearly mentions that if we found such an abomination if would go directly against the evolution theory in fact.
this is simple, creationism offers an answer right away that you can believe, it isn't true though. evolution and science in general offers questions and hundreds of years of work to find all the answers (maybe thousands) but we get the truth from this. this is about whether you want an answer or you want a true answer. the truth takes work.
PartyDevil's cartoon summed that up pretty succinctly a few pages back.
[I take it you mean how it looks like a cross. Sorry but the real thing really doesn't look tat way, that's just our own man made representation of it. This is also why it's a bad idea to get your information on biology from creationist sites, they are very deceitful and will flat out lie to you.
Its in the shape of a cross sure its a little bent but if look at it for a minute and not just a quick glance you will see its in the shape of a cross.
Its in the shape of a cross sure its a little bent but if look at it for a minute and not just a quick glance you will see its in the shape of a cross.
No, do you know what it really looks like? Noodles. The real picture looks like noodles. So by this logic, it must be a sign from the spaghetti monster.
Go on Google and type in laminin in pictures and I bet you that almost every single picture it will be in the shape of a cross.
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I saw a bunch of things that looked like pasta, a few people taking your model and yelling "JESUS!!!!!" at the top of thier lungs and another model that looked more like an umbrella. Those look more like noodles then a cross.
A cross is two straight lines, and all those lines are squiggly. You know what else is squiggly lines? Noodles.